Cleveland High School - Beacon Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Uhr 1 Mvarun Stal? Sponsor MR. MILTON FRYE Editor-in-Chief ROBT. BEHRENS JUNE WEYBRIGHT EDITH FAszHoLz LEOTA KOTTKAMP JANET LANE NEOMA SCHNELL IDA HERRON GERALDINE FUNK LORETTA EGGEMAN HELEN EISLEBEN Associate Editor MARION WHITBREAD Literary Staff LAWRENCE GOLDMAN JUDSON BIEHLE Art Staff OTTO EBLE JACK GILBERT ERWIN SCHMIDT Athletics RALPH WALSH Locals RICHARD BUSSEN ADOLPH THYM A Kalendar 3 , - EDWIN WEINDEL Exchanges fc ROBERT BLOOMER , D Business Manager DAVID STONEY Ass't. Business Manager JOHN SCHUEDDIG Stenographer RALPH HOWARD

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2 K iq, EDITORIALS. As this issue of the Beacon goes to press we are doing our best here at Cleve- land to reconcile ourselves to a very heavy loss. Our esteemed Principal, Mr. Hoch, is giving up his work in the schools to enter business. Were lVlr. Hoch an ordinary man, it would not mean among the notable connected with the the past, our Prin- so much to us, but men who have been St. Louis schools in cipal stands out very conspicuously. His real worth will become more and more apparent as the years go on. In his dealings with the boys and girls and the men and women of his school, Mr. Hoch was a gentleman in all of kindliness and sympathetic humanity that the word gentleman implies. We always knew just where to find him. Many thousand Cleveland boys and girls will look back with happy appreciation to their association with him. Cleveland will be dear to them because with the name of C-rover Cleveland High School they always linked the name of Mr. Hoch. As he is leaving us a tew facts con- cerning his life as a teacher will certainly be of interest to all loyal Cleveland stu- dents. For this reason we have published the following: Mr. Hoch was born at Mendon, Mich- igan. Upon graduating from the Men- don High School, he entered the Univer- sity of Michigan. He began teaching at the Mendon High School when he had received his degree. After having taught at Racine College, Racine, Wisconsin, and at the Joliet Township High School, Page Sin: S Joliet, Illinois, he came to St. Louis, where he was appointed as a teacher in the modern language department of Cen- tral High. His merits were soon discov- ered and he was made acting assistant principal there. On June 8, l9l5, the Board of Edu- cation appointed lVIr. Hoch principal of Grover Cleveland High School. The unfortunate Central students ex- pressed their deep regret in their next publication of the High School News. They published the following statement: Mr, Hoch holds a high place in the hearts of all Centralites and we miss him a great deal. -and upon his appoint- ment to the principalship of Cleveland High they said: It is but a just reward of his excel- lent work, and his devotion and loyalty to it. He fully deserves his rewardf' 'iMr. Hoch fully merits the high opin- ion the Board has of him and its appre- ciation of his invaluable services. Students, can the regrets of the Cen- tralites compare with ours? How can they, when we have been under his direct supervision as our Principal? Although they regretted the loss of Mr. Hoch, he is much closer to us, and it is a great deal harder for us to part with him. With these thoughts in mind we shall call this issue of the Beacon, Mr, Hoch's Resig- nation Number. We have lost not only our Principal, but also several of our teachers. It is most unfortunate to have so many efficient people leaving Cleveland within a short time.